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Esther Perel
@EstherPerel
Exploring modern relationships. Author of #MatingInCaptivity and #TheStateOfAffairsBook. Host of #WhereShouldWeBegin Podcast
New York City
Joined June 2011
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    Why wait for a better sex life? This Fall, I’m releasing a two-course bundle to help you unlock desire and play your way to a more erotically charged life. bit.ly/4dNT6aq You can find some relief in knowing: you are clearly not the first person to wonder if the amount
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    Be careful not to lose your humanity.
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    I think, in general, when people live in acute stress, either the cracks in their relationship will be amplified or the light that shines through the cracks will be amplified. You get an amplification of the best and of the worst. @NewYorker ⬇️
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    Expectations are resentments in the making.
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    "I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." -James Baldwin
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    If the last thing you touch before you sleep and the first thing you touch when you wake is your phone — change it.
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    Expectations are resentments waiting to happen.
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    “I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.” ― @BreneBrown
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    From Erich Fromm’s The Art of Loving.
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    A great relationship is an imperfect one.
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    Make sure to always tell your friends and family how important they are in your lives. Today, I challenge each of you to make a meaningful connection with someone you love. Look out for one another.
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    Love is a verb. Not a permanent state of enthusiasm.
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    “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how to replenish its source.” —Anaïs Nin
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    It's so easy to focus on what's missing in our partner and be critical. It's easy to think that if you were different, my life would be better, rather than sometimes to switch it around and think if I was different, my life would be better.